Five Things You Need to Know: 5/7, Monday Edition

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1) 37 OH Employers Recognized for Workplace Safety Excellence

“Thirty-seven employers in the Salem area have earned recognition from the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) for reaching a year without workplace injuries or illnesses that kept workers away from work for more than a day. The employers received BWC’s 100 Percent Award during the Salem Area Safety Council’s annual awards ceremony,” according to a Salem News article. The 37 recipients included Catapuss Veterinary Services LLC, Salem Area Visiting Nurse Association and Solomon’s Scrap and Salvage. Other awards included the Special Award for Safety Recognition, that requires employers to have “…at least 500,000 hours and at least six months without an injury resulting in a day or more away from work,” per the article.

2) DMEC to Host Webinar on Employer Disability Best Practices

The Disability Management Employer Coalition (DMEC) will host a webinar entitled, “Employer Disability Best Practices” THIS Thursday, May 10 at 12 p.m. EST, according to an emailed press release written by DMEC Media Consultant John Jordan. “…Presenters from The Guardian Life Insurance Company will discuss how to identify opportunities, craft policies, and balance different parties’ needs. There will be particular emphasis on the difference in approach between claims involving physical limitations and those involving mental illness issues,” writes Jordan. For more information or to register, contact Jordan at (202) 554-5796.

3) Next Up for Out Front Ideas: A Workplace Violence Webinar

Safety National and Sedgwick will sponsor a webinar entitled “Workplace Violence: Assessment and Response,” on Tuesday, May 15 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. CST, according to an emailed press release. Kimberly George, SVP of Corporate Development, M&A and Healthcare at Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc.; and Mark Walls, VP Communications & Strategic Analysis with Safety National, host the Out Front Ideas series. Speakers for this session will include Bob Durand, Practice Leader of Medical Group Support Services for Permanente in the Northern California Region; and George Vergolias, PsyD, and VP Medical Director for R3 Continuum. Topics will include “…How to proactively identify workplace violence threats,” and “Strategies for safely defusing anxious, hostile or violent behavior at the earliest possible stage,” per the release. Click here to register.

4) FL: NCCI AIS Symposium is 9 Days Out!

NCCI’s Annual Issues Symposium will be held Wednesday, May 16 through Friday, May 18 at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress Resort in Orlando, FL. Click here for more information or to register, and check out Featured News next week for a preview article on the event. Among the speakers: NCCI President and CEO Bill Donnell will open the symposium on Thursday, and Former Secretary of State (2001-2005) and Retired General Colin Powell will speak on Friday. Follow us at @wcconnections for Twitter coverage. The annual golf tournament will take place that Wednesday, at the hotel’s golf course. The tournament is sponsored by JLT, and it will benefit Kids’ Chance. For recent WorkersCompensation.com reporting on Kids’ Chance, click here.

5) WV: Former 7-11 Employee Alleges a Hostile Work Environment, Among Other Accusations, in Lawsuit

Charleston resident Cindy Daggs has filed a lawsuit against 7-Eleven Inc. and Sandra Hart, with hostile workplace and wrongful termination allegations, writes Philip Gonzales of the West Virginia Record. “…The plaintiff alleges the defendants wrongfully discharged her for reporting gender-based sexual harassment by her co-employees to upper management …and then replaced her with a male employee,” according to the article. “As a result, the suit says, she has suffered lost wages and benefits, emotional distress, mental anguish, embarrassment and humiliation.” Daggs requests damages, court costs, and any other relief.

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